I take my fitness health and diet very seriously, I try to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables every day and I buy fresh wherever possible but sometimes frozen vegetables are more convenient because they have a longer shelf life and I can buy them in bulk and not have to go shopping every 2-3 days.
My 2 weightlifting buddies who are also very diet concious disagree on which one is the most nutitios in terms of vitamins and fibre and other good things.
One of them insists that frozen is better because the vitamins etc are "locked in" by the freezing process...effectively keeping the food fresher than something that hasnt been frozen....my other friend insists that the oposite is true.
Any thoughts on this?
2007-09-23 03:25:49 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
Yes, they are frozen shortly after picking, so they retain all of the goodness.
2007-09-23 03:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi,
Fair play to you in keeping healthy.
I find that some frozen stuff is better than fresh, such as peas & green beans., as they go straight from harvest to the pan without degredation.
However, what they do to carrots and other root veg is beyond my comprehension as to how they remove almost all nutrients and taste.
I am far from a vegetarian, and love my meat & fish, but I get the stuff from a local butcher / fishmonger, straight from the wild state. Supermarket meat is suspect at best.
It is worth the extra bother.
Best stuff we consume comes fresh from my allotment.
OK, the carrots are all squinty, the spuds are of undetermined size, the leeks & onions are a funny shape, but the chickens are so well fed, I defy Mr Tesco to display a tastier variety.
Mind, I do admit to stocking canned food on the boat.
canned all day breakfast, canned beef, canned baby spuds, canned veg, canned beer etc.
Well, it does not go off on a journey, and stacks up nicely in the cupboards. Perhaps that is lazy, but I have been known to moor up and "borrow" a small supply of crop from the feild.
Yum.
I am not an athlete type, as per yourself, but with a bit of good eating, and water-skiing, I remain underweight if anything.
Oh, fresh fruits. Great, but for example supermarkets see the need to display coconuts as hairy hard brown items.
I used to live in the Mid-East, and when you chop them down, they are in a delicious green fleshy outer wrapper, fine in a salad or on the BBQ.
Hey Ho !
Bob
2007-09-23 04:13:06 · answer #2 · answered by Bob the Boat 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, frozen are frequently more nutritious than so called fresh. The amount of time from picking to processing is very short. Unprocessed may be around longer from picking to consumption if purchased at a supermarket.
Now, if you are able to buy directly from a farm market that sells only what they grow, the time from harvesting to table would probably be shorter.
2007-09-23 03:38:21 · answer #3 · answered by Patricia S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The processing and freezing of frozen vegetables results in significant losses of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). Fresh is always best, but frozen veggies are better than junk food if fresh veggies are not readily available.
2016-04-05 21:33:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can get truly fresh vegetables from your garden or allotment, then they will be far better than the supposedly fresh veg at a supermarket.
Growing your own is a great way of exercising too.
Personally, I hate frozen veg.
2007-09-23 03:41:17 · answer #5 · answered by dave 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are- I did home economics at school and we did a vitamin C test on them- they were better than the fresh. Vegetables that are left sitting on shelves lose thier vitamin content.
It's also how you cook them and the type of vitamins they contain. Carrots have vit A- which is fat soluble, not water soluble- so you can overcook them and still keep the vit A. However, cabbage, peas etc have vit c which is water souble and can be lost in the cooking water, so it's better to steam them in a little water or use the cooking water in gravy etc.
2007-09-23 03:33:59 · answer #6 · answered by brainlady 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I personally feel fresh then frozen. I would steer you away from canned food. Take a look at how much sodium/salt canned food has compard to frozen. With your shopping schedule frozen sounds like the healthiest choice.
2007-09-23 03:35:18 · answer #7 · answered by Billy Dee 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
typically they are more nutritious then fresh vegetables. first the vegetables are picked at the peak of ripeness then usually flash frozen the same day. fresh vegetables sold in large chain supermarkets can spend several days just in transit to consumers.
2007-09-23 03:41:15 · answer #8 · answered by lv_consultant 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
frozen veggies are often more nutritious then fresh ones because they are frozen right after being picked, which "locks" the freshness in...so yes, they are definitely as good as fresh ones, if not better
2007-09-23 03:42:42 · answer #9 · answered by MD12 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think u answered the question in the first couple lines: u can leave these veggies out longer EW!!!! that means they're seriously deranged if they can survive so long stick to frozen foods only in times of serious need
2007-09-23 03:45:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋